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PIED1501 Global Politics and theEnvironment20 credits semester 2• Is a system of sovereign states conducive toenvironmental cooperation?• What is the extent of international cooperationin the "global commons" areas?• Are environmental NGOs a challenge tostates?• How does economic globalisation influenceenvironmental change?• Can we achieve ‘environmental security’?Everyone is concerned about the environment,but what can we do about it? What hope is there for the future of our planet? How can wemanage environmental problems on a global scale? Such questions are addressed in thisintroduction to the international relations of the environment – one module of two in this subjectarea which could collectively add a ‘global environment’ aspect to your degree programme, orsimply offer an alternative perspective in a single module. This level one module provides anintroduction to the political, legal, economic and spacial dimensions of the global commons - thoseareas beyond national jurisdiction and sometimes called the ‘common heritage’ of humankind -and the new environmental challenges to the management of our shared world are introduced inthe context of global politics. The module introduces such topics as: the limits of the territorialstate; the legal and political definitions of the global commons; international regimes; economicactivity, resources and the environment; and 'sustainable development'.. Interests and insightsestablished through this module at level one can be developed through a related ‘globalenvironment’ module at level three (Global Political Theory and the Environment).Timing Weekly lectures Tuesday 10-11 Weekly seminars at a time to fit your timetable.Module Leader Dr Hugh Dyer, email H.C.Dyer@leeds.ac.uk, room no SSB 13.36a 3436840Assessment 1 x 3 hour examinationShort Reading List:DeSombre, Elizabeth R. The Global Environment and World Politics (Continuum Press, 2002) [GeographyK-25 DES]Elliott, Lorraine The Global Politics of the Environment (New York, NY: New York University Press,1998) HDC [Politics C-6.9 ELL]Vogler, John The Global Commons: environmental and technological governance (Chichester; New York:J. Wiley & Sons, 2000) [Politics Q-0.7 VOG]15